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Sunday, Decf.mukk 24TH. By the kind permission of the Very Rev. the EJean, a special CHILDREN'S
FESTIVAL SERVICE will be held in Christ Church Cathedral, at 4 o'clock, when al)Out 1200 voices will
join in the singing of Christmas Hymns and Carols.

ADDRESS.

QUEEN'S HALL.

Thursday, December 28th. With the approval of the Protestant Board of School Commissioners,
600 pupils, selected from the various Protestant Public Schools, will perform the Cantata of " Red Riding
HooD " and a selection of National Melodies.

Address by the Rev. Canon Norman^ M.A., D.C.L,. Chairman of the Protestant Board of School Com-
missioners.

QUEEN'S HALL.

Friday, December 29TH. Grand Christmas Carol Concert, by the united Sunday Schools and Band
' Hope, with Organ, Piano and Band.

Address by the Rev. Canon Carmichael, Rector of St. George's Church.

FREDERIC W. MILLS,

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The object of these Assemblies is the promotion of the cause of Music generally, more especially
among the young ; and its encouragement by all legitimate means.

The collection to be taken up in the Cathedral at the Festival Service will be a Christmas offering to the
Children's Ward of the Montreal General Hospital.

Hours of Performance.

Sunday, December 24, Christ Church Cathedral, at 4 P.M.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS.

Thursday, December 28th, Queen's Hall, at 8 P.M.

Cantata, "RED RIDING HOOD" and National Melodies.

Friday, December 29th, Queen's Hall, at 8 P.M.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS, Old and New.

The doors will be open one hour previously on each occasion.

Ticket and Enquiry Office,

OFFICE OF THE QUEEN S HA.LL, NEW YORK COMPANr'S PIANO ROOMS,

226 and 228 ST. JAMES STREET.

S/eigAs may be Ordered for TEN o'clock on THURSDAY and FRIDAY Evenings.

Books of the words, containing all other information, for sale at the Music and Book Stores, 25 cents.

Prices of Admission.

Guarantors' Special Reserved Seats, $1.00; Ordinary Reserve, 75 cts, ; General Ad.mission,
50 cts. Children from the Protestant Public and Sunday Schools, 25 cts. These latter tickets are sold only
to bona fide Sunday or Public School pupils, on a voucher from their respective teachers.

FREDERIC W. MILLS,

Conductor,

Organ,

Piano,

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MR. FREDERIC W. MILLS.
DR. C. F. DAVIES.
MRS. MORE.

Instrumental Quartette.

REV. CANON NORMAN, M.A., D.C.L., Chairmati.
WILLIAM LUNN, ESQ., Hon. Treasurer.
REV. JOHN JENKINS, D.D., LL.D.
PRINCIPAL DAWSON, C.M.G., M.A., LL.D.; F.R.S.
GEORGE W. STEPHENS, ESQ., B.C.L., M.P.P.
REV. J. F. STEVENSON, D.D., LL.B.

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S. P. ROBINS, M.A., LL.D., Secretary and Superintendent of Schools.

LIST OF SCHOOLS, UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BOARD, REPRESENTE

IN THE CHORUS:

HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS.

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.

PREPARATORY HIGH.

SENIOR.

SHERBROOKE STREET.

ROYAL ARTHUR.

DORCHESTER STREET,

BRITISH AND CANADIAN.

ONTARIO STREET.

ANN STREET.

PANET STREET.

MILL STREET.

POINT ST, CHARLES.

FIRST DAY.

FESTIVAL SERVICE IN CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, 4 O'CLOCK P. M.

Opening Hymn. — " Adeste Fideles."

O come, all ye faithful,

Joyful and triumphant :
O come ye, O come ye, to Bethlehem ;

Come and behold Him,

Born the King of Angels ;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

11.

God of God,

Light of Light,
Lo ! He abhors not the Virgin's womb ;

Very God,

Begotten not created ;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

III.

Sing, choirs of angels,

.Sing, in exultation.
Sing, all ye citizens of Heaven above :

" Glory to God

In the highest."

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

IV.

Yea, Lord, we greet Thee,

Born of Virgin Mother ;
Jesu, to Thee be glory given ;

Word of the Father,

Now in flesh appearing ;

O come, let us adore Him,

O come, let us adore Him,
O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord.

LITANY.

Carol.— " Waken ! ^^.iristian Children."

Waken ! Christian Children, up and let us sing,
With glad voice, the praises of our new-born King,
Up ! 'tis meet to welcome, with a joyous lay,
Christ, the King of Glory, born for us to-day.

II.

Come, nor fear to seek Him, children though we be,
Once He said of children, " Let them come to Me."
In a manger lowly sleeps the heavenly Child ;
O'er Him fondly bendeth, Mary, mother mild.

III.

Far above that stable, up in heaven so high.
One bright star outshineth, watching silently.
Fear not, then, to enter, though we cannot bring
Gold, or myrrh, or incense, fitting for a King.

IV.

Gifts He asketh richer, oflFv^rings costlier still,
Yet may. Christian Childreii, bring them, if they will.
Brighter than all jewels shines the modest eye ;
Best of gifts. He loveth infant purity.

ADDRESS.

Carol.—" The Manger Throne."

Like silver lamps in a distant shrine

The stars are sparkling bright ;
The bells of the city of God ring out,

For the Son of Mary was born to night :
The gloom is past, and the morn at last

Is coming with orient light.

II.

Never fell melodies half so sweet
As those which are filling the skies ;

And never a palace shone iuilf so fair

As the m.'.nger-bed where our Saviour lies ;

No night ir the year is half so dear
As this which has ended our sighs.

III.

Now a new Power has come on the earth,

A match for the armies of Hell ;
A Child is born who shall conquer the foe,

And all the spirits of wickedness qviell i
P'or Mary's Son is the mighty one
Whom the prophets of God foretell.

IV.

The stars of heaven still shine as at first
They gleamed on this wonderful night;

The bells of the city of God jieal out,

And the angels' song still rings in the height ;

And love still turns where the Godhead burns,
Hid in Flesh from lleshly sight.

Faith sees no longer the stable floor,

The pavement of sapphire is there ;
The clear light of Heaven streams out to the world ;

And angels of God are crowding the air;
And Heaven and Earth, through the spotless Birth,

Are at peace on this night so fair.

COLLECTION,
A Christmas ofiFering in aid of the funds of the Montreal General Hospital.

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Organ Solo. — Offertory in A major. — WfeLY.
Dr. C. F. Davies.

Closing Hymn.— "Hark ! the Herald Angels sing.'

Hark ! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King :
Peace on earth, and mercy mild,
God and sinners reconciled.
Joyful, all ye nations, rise,
Join the triumph of the skies ;
With the angelic host proclaim,
Christ is born in Bethlehem,

Hark ! the herald angels sing,
Glory to the new-born King.

Christ, by highest heaven adored,
Christ, the everlasting Lord,
Late in time behold Him come
Offspring of a Virgin's womb ;

Veiled in flesh the Godhead see I
Hail, the incarnate Deity !
Pleased as man, with man to dwell,
Jesus, our F-- manuel.

Hark ! the herald angels sing, &c.

III.

Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace !
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness !
Light and life to all He brings,
Risen with healing in His wings ;
Mild He lays His glory by,
Born that man no more may die ;
Born to raise the sons of earth.
Born to give the second birth.

Hark ! the herald angels sing, &c.
Amen.

SECOND DAY.

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QUEEN'S HALL, 8 P. M.
Six luindred pupils from tlie Protestant Public Schools in Cantata and National Mdodifs.

Opening Chorale.— "^/«'/ci7f Bur^ist unset Goff."—M.\iH\c and Words by Martin T-uihrr.

A sure stronghold, our Clod, is He ;

A trusty shield and weapon :
Our help He'll be, and set us free

From every ill can hajjpen.
A crowd of deadly foes
Our onward way oppose ;
Base follies, fears and cares,
And sin doth spread her snares ;
How shall we flee from danger ?

11.

Thro' our own force we nothing can,
Straight were we lost forever ;

But for us fights the proper Man,
By Ciod sent to deliver.

Ask ye who this may be ?

Christ Jesus named is He ;

Of Sabaotii the Lord,

Sole God to be adored.

' Tis He must win the battle.

ADDRESS BY REV. CANON NORMAN, M.A., D.C.L.,
Chairman of the Protestant Board of School Commmioners.

The Music to the Story of Little Red Riding Hood for Female Voices, by Franz Abt.

The Story told m Verse by ITkrmann Frascke.— ^/i^/Z/'sA wcr»/yn by P'lizabeth M. TitAiiCAiK.

IXTRODUCTORY CHORUS.

Flee, gloomy shadows, yield to the light I
Pale are ye gleaming, planets of night ;
Daylight is breaking now ,
Sun is awaking now.
All things are bright.

Ocean is waking, winds softly blow,
Rivers rejoicing, ripple and flow ;
Woods, can ye dreaming lie,
While morn is beaming high ?
Earth is aglow !

RED RIDING HOOD's MORNING HYMN.

Rtd R. Now past and gone is gloomy night.
And morning fair is overhead ;
How faithfully Thine angels bright

Have kept their watch about my bed !
Dear God in Heav'n and Father mild,
Look down upon a little child,
And, as Thou art, make pure my heart.
And let me not ever from duty depart.

Give you good morning, sweet flowerets all !

Bright are your eyes as the morning is fair.
Give you good morning I how sweet your call.

Bird of tiie vale, dear nightingale !
Not to-day can I stop for your singing ;

To the cot yonder 1 now must repair,
Cake and wine to my grandmama bringing.

Chorus, {flozvers, and birds calling.)

Ah ! joy and spring, too soon will pass,
Come, dance with us in the forest grass ;

On yon green knoll we'll dance and play,
And merrily sing on this bright summer day.

Red R. Be near me, Lord, when dangers come.
And mine a cheerful spirit be !
Although I wander, far from home,

Forsaken I can never be ;
For shelter'd in Thy loving arm.
Secure FU rest and safe from harm.
Oh ! as Thou art, make pure my heart,
And let me not ever from duty depart.

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CHORUS.

Come here, come here !

Hark 1 how we rustle and call you !
Come here, come here !

But a moment, nought can befall you.
Listen not thou to the solemn bells ringing,
Come where your playmates are calling and

singing,
Come here, come here.
Red R. I'll not go near.
Chorus. Come here, come here.
Red R. I'll not go near.
Chorus, Come here, come here, come here,

THE WOLl-'s SONG.

Wolf. What a jovial life I'm leading.
Food when hungry sure to find ;

Through the pleasant forest speeding.
With a calm, contented mind ;

I've no trouble with my living,

For the wood is always giving.

Scarce at morn I raise my head,

When I find my table spread,
Plenty, too, upon it.

I am quite a merry fellow.

Not so wicked as they say.
If the source of evil, hunger,

Did not plague me day by day.
But when hunger's pangs assail me
Sheep and lambkins never fail me.
Scarce at morn I raise my head.
When I find my table spread.

Plenty, too, upon it.

And when such a tender morsel
Now and then comes in my way,

Should I, foolish wolf, refuse it,
And go seek another prey ?

They may call me grey old sinner.

Yet I'll have a Sunday dinner.

Scarce at morn I raise my head,

When I find my table spread.
Plenty, too, upon it.

DUET AND CHORUS.

Nightingale. Why must I sing all alone in the grove ?

Rose. Why must 1 bloom lonely, waiting my love ?

Nightingale. Ah ! and how soon will the song die
away !

Rose. Ah ! and how soon will the blossom decay !

Chorus. I.et us be joyful, while yet there is time.
Blooming and singing in youth's golden prime,
While in theit beauty the summer days pass,
Careless and happy amid the green grass :
Come here beside us and merrily play.
Dancing and springing, all blithesome and gay.
Curls, lightly waving, will lighten the heart.
Feet, lightly tripping, tell cares to depart.

Cheeks rosy glowing will m.\ke the heart wantt,
With us then tarry, we'll do you no harm !
While in their beauty, etc.

Wolf. Red Riding Hood !

Red Ridinghood. I come, I come.

Wolf. Come hither to me.

Chorus. Oh ! the wolf. Away from here !

RED RIDING HOOd's REPENTANCE,

Red R. My heart is heavy all within.

And gone is all desire for playing ;
I wonder if it was a sin

To go into the forest stiaying.
Ah, yes ! I feel with grief and pain,

I should not thus have gone a-Maying ;
I will not do it e'er again,

Not e'er again.

But, ah ! the woods were all too fair

And sweet, the while the birds were singing,

And flowers, flowers everywhere.

Around their fragrant perfumes flinging,

Ye'll call me henceforth all in vain ;
My guardian angel help is bringing

That 1 may do it n'er again,
Not e'er again.

CHORUS OK ANGELS.

Fear thee not, maid, the Lord is above thee,

"Watching, though wide thou wert tempted to
stray ;
Though thou forgettest Him, still He doth love thee,

.Safely He'll bring thee again to the way ;
Dark though it seemeth, yet be not afraid,
He is thy guide, then, fear thee not, maid.
Fear thee not, maid, the Lord will protect thee.

Guard thee from dangers where'er thou dost roam.
Sending His angels from Heaven to direct thee, "

Bringing thee safe to thy mother and home.
God is beside thee, then be not afraid,
He is thy guide, then be not afraid.

THE mother's song.

O, is there none can tell me kind

The road my little maid is straying ?
Didst thou not meet her, wand'ring wind.

Amid the shady forest playing ?
Ye clouds on high.
Brooks rippling by,

Have ye not seen my little maid ?

There's something chanced her, I'm afraid,
A mother's heart knows joy and sadness.

Her love is paired with anguish sweet ;
A mother's heart knows troubled gladness,

Where cares with pleasure ever meet.

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0, tell me, have you seen her stray,
Ye little birds above me flying,

Or wander from the woodland way.
All vainly to regain it trying ?
There's danger near
For her, 'tis clear,
Some ill has chanced her, I'm afraid.
Kind heaven, help my little maid !

She has forgotten all, I fear me,
I told her ere she went away.

O were my darling once more near me,
I should not srold her more to-day.

TRIO AND NIGHTINGALE SONG.

Tra-ra ! tra-ra ! tra-ra !
Hark, bow the hunter's horn is sounding,
And distant echoes sweet rebounding ;
The huntsman bold is here,
And rescue now is near !
How clear and free, by bush and tree.
Through thicket and thorn,
Cheerily sounds the hunter's horn,
Tra-ra ! tra-ra ! tra-ra !

jNigfit. Echo-sounding and rebounding.
Sweetly carries it along.
Huntsman, hear, O hear my song,
Teeweet-teewee, teeweet-teewee,

A bird is singing in the grove
By night and day, so clear and sweet ;
And in the forest everywhere
He fondly seeks his floweret fair,

The red, red rose, his gentle love.

A rose is blooming in the grove,
So far apart that none can see
How fair she opens to the spring ;

Nor can she hear the sweet bird sing
Who fondly seeks his gent'e love.
How fair, &c.

And ah ! she faded in the grove,
And with her pass'd that song so sweet ;
One summer morn beheld them dead,
The sweet bird and the rose so red,

The nightingale's own gentle love.
One summer morn, &c.

Tra-ra ! tra-ra !

Though dangers many were before her,
Still watched her guardian angel o'er her.
The huntsman bold is here, &c., &c.
Tra-ra ! tra-ra !

CHORUS.

They bend and they rustle, the flow'rets bright,

Their sweet little playmate to greet ;
The birds of the forest, in joy and delight.

Are singing around her so sweet.
They rustle and whisper and sing in the grove.

And up above
Sweetly carol the angels their song of love,

" Glory to God in the highest."

The horn, sounding jubilant, sweet and clear.

Says maiden, be merry, tra-ra.
The mother waits lonely ; the cot now is near ;

At length, then, my darling is here.
O do not be angry, sweet mother, dear.
For pure her heart !

From thee and from duty she never will part.
From thee and from duty she never will part.
" Glory to God in the highest."

TOY SYMPHONY,

(Pekformbd befobk thk Qubkn and Koyal Family.)

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INSTRUMENTS.— Organ, Pianoforte, Cuckoo, Quail, Nightingale, Trumpets in C. and G., Triangle

Drum, Bells and Rattle.

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NATIONAL MELODIES.

" Peasants in the field,
Sailors on the roaring ocean,
Students, tradesmen, pale mechanics,
All have sung them. " — Longfellow.

Engli.sh.— " God Bless the Prince of Wales."

Among our ancient moiuitains, and from our lovely

vales,
Oh ! let the prayer re-echo, God bless the Prince of

Wales !
With heart and voice awaken those minstrel strains of

yore,
Till Britain's name and glory resound from shore to

shore.

Chorus.

and

from our lovely

Among our ancient mountains

vales,
Oh ! let the prayer re-echo, God bless the Prince of

Whales !

II.

Should hostile bands or danger e'er threaten our fair Isle,
May God's strong arm protect us, may heaven still on
us smile I

Above the throne of England may fortune's star long

shine,
Around its sacred bulwark the olive branches twine !

Chorus.

Among our ancient mountains, and from our lovely vales.
Oh ! let the prayer re-echo, God bless the Prince of
Wales !

III.

God ble.ss brave Christian's daughter, our noble Prince's

bride ;
The Danish flag and England's henceforth float side by

side.
To her, that lovely Princess, we look with pride and joy ;
May sor: ow never darken, nor fate our hopes destroy !

Chorus.

Then let the prayer re-echo among our hills and dales,

God bless fair Alexandra, God bless the Prince o£

Wales ! '•

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''French. — " Hymne des Marseillais,"

Allons, enfants de la Patrie !

Le jour de gloire est arrive.
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'etendard sanglant est lev(5,
L'etendard sanglant est lev^.
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes

Mugir ces feroces soldats ?
lis viennent, jusques dans vos bras,
Egorger vos fils, vos compagnes !
Aux armes citoyens !
Formez vos balaiilons :
Marchons ! marchons I qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons.

II.

Que veut cette horde d'esclaves,

De traitres, de rois conjures !
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves,

Ces fers, des longtemps prepares ? (bis)

Fran^ais pour nous, ah ! quel outrage ;

Quel transport il doit exciter?

C'est nous qu'on ose menacer
De rendre a I'antique esclavage !
Aux armes, etc.

III.

?■>

Amour sacre de la Patrie,

Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs ;
Liberte, l.iberte cherie, ^

Combats avec tes defenseurs : (bi^
Sous nos drai)eaux que la victoire

Accoure a tes males accents ;

Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triorn]:»he et notre gloire.
Aux armes, etc.

*T,A Maksfillaise.— The words and minic are the i

when the Volunteers of the Bas Khin received orric

Roiiget de I. isle returned to his lodgings, and

which has immortalised his name.

The Volunteers entered Paris on 30th July, sinsing their new hymn* and with it on their lips they marched to the attack of the Tuileries n„ An„„.,
179a. From that day the "Chant de Guerre pour 1 armee du Rhi„" was called -'Chanson des Marseillais '• and fi^C" I^ Marseniais^^^^^ '^""""

?ri.?r, "^^."■"°'"P'?""':" of Llande Joseph Roi-cet de Lisle, a Captain of Engi.eers, quartered at Strasbure
In If, nf '" i"'*"'" ' "'■"'^- ."^"""^ i'/'^g'-^'ed that the youn^ soldiers had no pa riotic song to march o
m a ht of enthusiasm composed during the night of 24th of AprH, .7,2, the words and music of the song

loth.

'"♦

•Welsh.—" March of the Men of Harlech."

Men of Harlech ! in the hollow,
Do you hear, like rushing billow,
Wave on wave- that surging follow,

Battle's distant sound ?
'Tis the tramp of Saxon foemen,
Saxon spearmen, Saxon bowmen, —
Be they knights, or hinds, or yeomen,

They shall bite the ground !
Loose the folds asunder,
Flag we conquer under !
The placid sky now bright on high
Shall launch its bolts in thunder !
Onward 1 'tis ou*- country needs us !
He is bravest, he who leads us !
Honor's self now proudly heads us !

Cambria, God, and Right !

Rocky steeps and passes narrow
Flash with spear and flight o" arrow.
Who would think of death or sorrow ?

Death is glory now !
Hurl the reeling horseman over !
Let the earth dead foeman cover !
Fate of friend, of wife, of lover

Trembles on a blow !
Strands of life are riven ;
Blow for blow is given,
In deadly lock, or battle shock,
And mercy shrieks to heaven !
Men of Harlech ! young or hoary,
Would you win a name in story ?
Strike for home, for life, for glory !

Cambria, God, and Right !

flRisH.— " Let Erin Remember the Days of Old."

Let Erin remember the days of old,
Ere her faithless sons betrayed her ;

When Malachi wore the collar of gold
Which he won from the proud invader ;

When her kings, with standards of green unfurled ,
Led the Red Branch Knights to danger,

Ere the emerald gem of the western world
Was set in the crown of a stranger.

II.

On Lough Neagh's banks, as the fisherman strays,
When the clear cold eve's declining,

He sees the round towers of other days
In the waves beneath him shining ;

Thus, shall memory often, in dreams sublime,
Catch a glimpse of the days that are over ;

Thus, sighing, look back through the waves of time
For the long faded glories they cover.

American.— "The Star-Spangled Banner."

Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleam-
ing J
Whose stripes and bright stars thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were gallantly stream-
ing ' . .
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs burslmg \n air,

Gave proof thro' the night that a flag was still there.
Oh, say, does the star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

When our land is illum'd with liberty's smile.

If a foe from within strike a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that dares to defile

The flag of her stars and the page of her story.
By the millions unchained, who our birthright

gain'd.

We'll keep her bright blazon forever unstained ;
And the star spangled banner forever sliall wave
While the land of the free is the home of the brave.

have

• The earliest iintance nf the March form in regular rhythmical phrasins, seems to be the well-known and l>eautifiil Welsh tune, the national Cambrian
war song the "March of the Men of Harlech." Ihis mcloiiy, which has only become generally popular within recent years, is stated by Lloyd, the "Bard
of Sijowd'on " to have origmated during the seige of Harlech Castle in 1468. If this be so, Dr. Crotch was justified m s.iying (in his ■ Specimens of IJiffercnt
Kindsof Music') "the military music of the Welsh is superior to that ot any other nation," i.e., reading the remark with reference to the war-songs of the
period. — Grove, 1880, Vol. II.

t It was an old tradition in the time of Giraldus, that Lough Neagh had been originally a fountain, by whose sudden overflowing the country wai
inundated, and a whole region, like the Atlantis of Plato, overwhelmed. He says that fishermen in clear weather used to point out to strangers the tall
ecclesiastical towers under the water,— Topog. Hib. dist. 2, c. 9.

itii.-

•Scotch. — " Auld Lang Syne.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to min' ?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And days o' lang syne ?
For auld lang syne, my dear,

For auld lang syne ;
We'll tak' a cup of kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

IV.

And there's a hand, my trusty friend,

And gie's a hand o' thine ;
And we'll take a riclit guid willie-waught,

For auld lang syne.
For auld lang syne, etc.

We twa hae ran about the braes,
And pu'd the gowans fine ;

But we've wander'd mony a weary fit
Sin' auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, etc.

III.
We twa hae paidlt in the burn
Frae morning sun till dine j
But seas between us braid hae roar'd

Sin' auld lang syne, etc.
For auld lang syne, etc.
V.

And surely ye'U be your pint stoup.

And surely I'll be mine ;
And we'll take a cup o' kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.
For aulJ lang syne, etc.

Canadian. — " Honor to Canada."

Thou whom we all adore,
(iathered from every shore.
One heart with many a tongue,
To Thee our prayer is sung.
Grant us prosperity.
Honor and liberty.
With true nobility ;
Long may our motto be,
Honor to Canada.

II.

May race dissensions all
Fade as our leaves in Fall,
May laws and manners grow
Pure as our ice and snow.
Last born of nations we.
Our flag from sea to sea,
Liwove with mightier fold.
Shall yet, thro' all, uphold,
Honor to Canada.

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}

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen !
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious.
Long to reign over us,
God save the Queen.

Thy choicest gifts in store.
On her be pleased to pour.
Long may she reign !
May she defend our laws.
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen !

♦The above is the version of "Auld Lang Syne," which Burns communicated to Johnson's Museum, and which has since become »o universal a
favorite. The air to which " Auld Lang Syne ' ' is sung is not the original one, which Burns pronounced to be Mboiocki, but one adapted from an old Low-
land melody, called " I fet'd a Lad at Michaelmas."

THIRD DAY.

QUEEN'S HAl.L, 8 P. M.
The united Sunday Schools and Cathedral Band of Hope.

CHRISTMAS CAROLS, OLD AND NEW-

Opening Hymn.— " Adeste Fideles."— See pagf 5.

" I hear along our street
Pass the miastrel throngs ;
On their hautboys, Christmas songs 1
Let us by the fire
Ever higher
Sing them till the night expire ! "

Gci Barozai.

Carol.

-(Rev. Dr. Neale.)-
I.

Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart, and soul, and voice ;
Give ye heed to what we say :
Newr> ! News !
Jesus Christ was born to-day !
Ox and ass before Him bow,
And He is in the manger now.
Christ is born to-day !

II.

Good Christian men, rejoice,
With heart, and soul, and voice ;
Now ye hear of endless bliss :
Joy ! Joy !

" Good Christian Men Rejoice ! ''—Old German.

Jesus Christ was born for this !
He hath ope'd the heavenly door,
And man is blessed forever more.

Christ was born for this.

III.

Good Christian men, rejoice.
With heart, and soul and voice ;

Now ye need not fear the grave
Peace ! Peace !

Jesus Christ was born to save !
Calls you one, and calls you all.
To gain His everlasting hall.

Christ was born to save.

ADDRESS— REV. CANON CARMICHAEL, Rector of St. George's Church.

Carol.— (Rev. S. C. Hammerton, M.A.)—" Waken ! Christian Children."— 6"^^ /a^^ S-

Mills.

Carol.— (From the Latin). — "When I view the Mother holding.
I.

J. Barnbt.

When I view the Mother holding

In her arms the heavenly Boy,
Thousand blissful thoughts, unfolding,

Melt my heart with sweetest joy, with sweetest joy.

With her Babe the hours beguiling,

Mary's soul in transport lives ;
God her Son upon her smiling,

Thousand, thousand kisses fondly gives, fondly gives.

III.
As the sun his radiance flinging.

Shines upon the bright expanse,
So the Child to Mary clinging

Doth her gentle heart, her gentle heart entrance.

IV.

See the Virgin Mother beaming !

Jesus in her arms embraced ;
Dew on softest roses gleaming,

Violet with lily chaste, with lily chaste.

V.
Each round the other fondly twining

Pours the shafts of mutual love.
Thick as flow'rs in meadows shining.

Countless as the stars above, as the stars above.

VI.
Oh ! may one such arrow glowing.

Sweetest Child, which thousand dart
Through thy mother's bosom going.

Pierce my heart, pierce my heart, Blessed Jesu.

CAROL.-(Rer. Dix)-" The Manger 1\i,ox.tr-- See page 6. ... Steggall, Mus. Doc.

Carol. — " Good King Wenceslas.

Rev. Dr. Neale.

Chorus. — Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the Feast of Stephen,
When the snow lay round about,
Deep, and crisp and even.

Brightly shone the moon that night,
Though the frost was cruel,

When a poor man came in sight,
Gath'ring winter fuel.

II.

^c;/^.— Hither, jjage, and stand by me,
If thou know'st it telling,
Yonder peasant who is he ?
Where and what his dwelling ?

Solo. — Sire, he lives a good league hence,
Underneath the mountain ;
Right against the forest fence,
By Saint Agnes' Fountain.

III.

Solo. — Bring me flesh and bring me wine,
Bring me pine logs hither :
Thou and I will see him dine.
When we bear him thither.

Chorus. — Page and monarch forth they went,
Forth they went together,
Through the rude wind's wild lament
And the bitter weather.

IV.

Solo. — Sire, the night is darker now.

And the wind blows stronger ;
Fails my heart. I know not how,
I can go no longer.

Solo. — Maik my footsteps, good my page.
Tread thou in them boldly ;
Thou shalt find the winter's rage
P'reeze thy blood less coldly.

Chorus. — In his master's steps he trod,
Wiiere the snow lay dinted;
Heat was in the very sod
\\'liich the saint had printed.

Therefore, Christian men, be sure,
Wealth and rank possessing.

Ye who now will bless the poor.
Shall yourselves find blessing.

1^-.

Carol. —" Christmas Song."

By A. Adam.

Oh ! holy night ! the stars are brightly shining ;
It is the night of the dear Saviour's birth 1

Long lay the world in sin and sorrow pining.
Till he appear'd and the soul felt its worth.

A thrill of hope the weary world rejoices,
For yonder breaks a new and glorious morn !

F"all on your knees ! O hear the angel voices !
O night divine ! O night when Christ was born.

Led by the light of Faith serenely beaming,
With glowing hearts by his cradle we stand :

So led by light of a star sweetly gleaming.
Here came the Wise Men from the Orient land.

The King of Kings lay thus in lowly manger.
In all our trials born to be our friend ;

He knows our need, to our weakness no stranger
Behold your King ! before the lowly bend !

Truly he taught us to love one another ;
His law is love and his gospel is Peace ;

Chains shall he break, for the slave is our brother,
And in his name, all oppression shall cease.

Sweet hymns of joy in grateful Chorus raise we ;
Let all within us praise his Holy iiame !

Christ is the Lord ! then ever ! ever praise we I
His pow'r and glory, evermore proclaim !

t"'

Carol. — '* I saw three ships come sailing in." — Traditional.

I SAW THREE SHIPS.

1 I saw three ships come sailing in,

On Christmas day, on Ciiristmas day ;
I saw three ships come sailing in,
On Christmas day in the morning.

2 And what was in those ships all three,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ?
And what was in those ships all three,
On Christmas day in the morning?

3 The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
The Virgin Mary and Christ were there,
On Christmas day in the morning.

4 Pray, whither sailed those ships all three,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
Pray, whither sailed those ships all three,
On Christmas day in the morning ?

5 O they sailed into Bethlehem,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
O they sailed into Bethlehem,

On Christmas day in the morning.

6 And all the bells on earth shal' ring,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
And all the bells on earth shall ring,
On Christmas day in the morning.

•; And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing,
On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
And all the Angels in Heaven shall sing,
Un Christmas day in the morning.

8 And all the souls on earth shall sing.

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
And all the souls on earth shall sing.
On Christmas day in the morning.

9 Then let us all re'oice amain,

On Christmas day, on Christmas day ;
Then let us all rejoice amain.

On Christmas day in the morning.

Carol. — " Christmas Song."

Rev. T- B. Dykes, Mus. Doc.

IV.

.Yea, if others stand apart, we will pass the nearer;

Once again, O blessea time, tnanktui nearts emnrace inee,i y^^^ q ^^^^ fraternal Heart, we will hold Thee dearer ;
If we lost thy festal chime what could e'er replace thee ^pjiithfullips shall answer thus to all faithless scorning,
What could e'er replace thee ? Change will darken manyij^^^g ^^^^-^^^ j^. q^j ^^jf,^ ^.g^ i^grn on Christmas morning,
a day, ,

Many a bond dissever ; many a joy shall pass away, ' V

But the " Great joy never ! " but the " Great joy never," g^ ^^.^ -^^ j^^^^ ,,1, ^^^ ^^,^^ worship, thanks and bless-

! ing.

Thee true God, and Thee true man on our knees confess-

But the '* Great joy never

II.

ing.

Once again the Holy Night breathes its blessing tender ; While Thy Birthday morn we greet with our best devo-
Once again the Manger light sheds its gentle splendour. ' tion,

O could tongues, by Angels taught, speak our exultation Bathe us, O most true and sweet, in Thy Mercy's ocean.
In the Virgin's Child that brought all mankind salvation.

III.
Welcome thou to souls athirst, fount of endless pleasure ;

VI.

Thou that once, 'mid stable cold, was't in babe-clothes
lying*

Gates of Hell may do their worst while we clasp our Thou whose Altar-veils enfold Power and Life undying,

treasure ;
Welcome, though an age like this put Thy name on trial,
And the truth that makes ou* b.iss pleads against denial.

Thou whose Love bestows a worth on each poor en-
deavour,
Have Thou joy of this Thy Birth in our praise forever.

^L.

. r ,.. Carol. — " We Three Kings of Orient are."

i ",■■■• '

7 ..■

We three Kings of Orient are ;
Bearing gifts we traverse afar

Field and fountain, moor and mountain,
Following yonder Star.

Chor74s. — O Star of wonder, Star of night,
Star with royal beauty bright ;

Westward leading, still proceeding,
Guide us to thy perfect light.

II.

Melchior.

Born a King on Bethlehem's plain
Gold I bring to crown Him again,

King for ever, ceasing never
Over us to reign.
Cho. — O Star of wonder, &c.

III.
Caspar.

Frankincense to offer have I,
Incense owns a Deity nigh.

Rev. J. J. Hopkins, DL.

Prayer and praising, all men raising,
Worship Him, God most High.

Che. — O Star of wonder, &c. <.■

Balthazar. )

Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume
Breathes a life of gathering gloom :

Sorrowing, sighing, bleeding, dying,
Sealed in the stone-cold tomb.

Cho. — O Star of wonder, &c.

Glorious now behold Him rise,
King and God and Sacrifice,

Alleluia, Alleluia ;
Earth to the heavens replies. •' •• . i-

Cho. — 0 Star of wonder, &'c, ; "'

■A

Carol. — " Jacob's Ladder." — Traditional.

^-^.

As Jacob with travel was weary one day,

At night on a stone for a pillow he lay.

He saw in a vision a ladder so high.

That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.

( Chorus)
Hallelujah to Jesus, \yho died on the Tree,
And hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
And hath raised up a ladder of mercy for me.

TI.
This ladder is long, it is strong and well-made,
Has stood hundreds of years, and is not yet decayed ;
Many millions have climbed it and reached Sion's Hill,
And thousands by faith are climbing it still,
{Chorus) Hallelujah to Jesus, etc.

in.

Come let us ascend ; all may climb it who will ;
For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still ;
And, remember, each step that by faith we pass o'er,
Some Prophet or Martyr has trod it before.

{Chorus) Hallelujah to Jesus, etc.
. IV.

And when we arrive at the haven of rest
We shall hear the glad words, " Come up hither, ye blest ;
Here are regions of light, here are mansions of bliss."
O, who would not climb such a ladder as this ?

{Chorus) Hallelujah to Jesus, etc.

KJ.:> .'r;-i y.s

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